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040 |aCaOODSP|beng
041 |aeng|bfre
043 |an-cn---
0861 |aFB3-6/2018-9E-PDF
1001 |aChernis, Tony.
24510|aNowcasting Canadian economic activity in an uncertain environment |h[electronic resource] / |cby Tony Chernis and Rodrigo Sekkel.
260 |a[Ottawa] : |bBank of Canada, |c2018.
300 |aii, 39 p. : |bcol. charts.
4901 |aBank of Canada staff discussion paper, |x1914-0568 ; |v2018-9
500 |a"August 2018."
504 |aIncludes bibliographical references.
5203 |a"This paper studies short-term forecasting of Canadian real GDP and its expenditure components using combinations of nowcasts from different models. Starting with a medium-sized data set, we use a suite of common nowcasting tools for quarterly real GDP and its expenditure components. Using a two-step combination procedure, the nowcasts are first combined within model classes and then merged into a single point forecast using simple performance-based weighting methods. We find that no single model clearly dominates over all forecast horizons, subsamples and target variables. This highlights that when operating in an uncertain environment, where the choice of model is not clear, combining forecasts is a prudent strategy"--Abstract, p. ii.
546 |aIncludes abstract in French.
69207|2gccst|aGross domestic product
69207|2gccst|aEconomic forecasting
7001 |aSekkel, Rodrigo M.
7102 |aBank of Canada.
830#0|aStaff discussion paper (Bank of Canada)|x1914-0568 ; |v2018-9.|w(CaOODSP)9.806273
85640|qPDF|s875 KB|uhttps://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/banque-bank-canada/FB3-6-2018-9-eng.pdf